Lady Buddha – Da Nang

She stands 72 meters tall and dominates the landscape for up to 35 kilometers. She can be seen everywhere in Da Nang and surrounding areas, including out to see. She is thought, by the locals, to be the protector of sailors.

This statue is one gigantic piece of white marble. And everybody knows…..size counts.

Lady Buddha’s Head – Da Nang, Vietnam

The Lady Buddha is immense. She is 72 meters tall and 17 meters in diameter. Although the statue was not open when I visited, you can enter the statue and climb up 17 floors, each one celebrating a different Buddha, until you reach her head.

Like everything else in Vietnam, she has a ‘title’ or ‘record’. The Vietnamese do like their superiority titles, even if they have to invent them: